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Joint Thai-Japan cancer centre opens in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 01/10/2015
» A new joint medical facility, the Thai-Japan Center for Early Cancer Detection Training, has officially opened in Bangkok, with the aim of helping to make cancer treatment more effective and less costly.
First 2 Japanese trains for Purple Line received
Kyodo News, Published on 21/09/2015
» Transport authorities on Monday welcomed the first two trains for the new Purple Line after they arrived at Laem Chabang port from Yokohama, Japan.
Suu Kyi to continue charter amendment bid
Kyodo News, Published on 16/09/2015
» YANGON — Less than two months ahead of Myanmar's general election in November, the National League for Democracy, the opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has released its manifesto which says it will continue to strive for a constitutional amendment.
Japan inflation falls back to zero
Kyodo News, Published on 28/08/2015
» Japan's consumer prices flattened in July from a year earlier after rising for 25 straight months, the government said Friday, as inflation remained weighed down by falling crude oil prices that deflated gasoline and electricity prices.
Mekong nations, Japan agree on industrialisation blueprint
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2015
» Japan and the five Southeast Asian countries bordering the Mekong River adopted Monday a blueprint to boost industrialisation in the sub-region.
Singapore at crossroads as it marks 50th anniversary
Kyodo News, Published on 09/08/2015
» Singapore celebrates its 50th year of independence with a big bash on Sunday, staging its largest-ever National Day parade and a cornucopia of activities that aim to serve as a reminder of how a tiny city state with almost no resources has come a long way to become what it is today.
In China, Myanmar drugs more popular than heroin
Kyodo News, Published on 25/06/2015
» BEIJING - Cheap and easy-to-manufacture synthetic drugs edged past heroin as the country's high of choice for the first time last year, China's drug control agency said Wednesday, a trend that comes as the country is increasingly seen as a worldwide supplier of the substances.
30,000 attend funeral for Cambodia ruling party chief
Kyodo News, Published on 19/06/2015
» Cambodia on Friday held a cremation ceremony for veteran political figure Chea Sim, which was attended by more than 30,000 people.
Man held for defrauding teen via false marriage promise
Kyodo News, Published on 15/06/2015
» Police on Monday arrested a married man in central Japan on suspicion of defrauding his teenage girlfriend of around 4 million yen ($32,400) by falsely promising to marry her.
Cambodia ruling party chief Chea Sim dies at 82
Kyodo News, Published on 08/06/2015
» Cambodia's ruling party chief Chea Sim died Monday due to illness and old age, his chief bodyguard told Kyodo News. He was 82.